BFs in SF

Guys, I did it. I finally had an enjoyable day in San Francisco!

My two best friends flew in for a long weekend. They happened to get here at the exact same time my husband arrived from his sixteen day mission in hell, not to mention my baby was growing four teeth, so naturally things were a little crazy.

Our time included a viewing of The Fault in Our Stars, (read the book NOW) a trip to Panera and Trader Joes, (musts in California) swimming and fajitas.

To top off our weekend together we took the ferry to San Fran and strolled through an amazing Farmers Market, then we took the cable car to our hotel, shopped in Union Square, ate the perfect meal at The Cheesecake Factory on top of Macys, and souvenir shopped in Chinatown.

I am the luckiest girl for having such loyal and hilarious long time friends, I cannot thank them enough for the lovely visit. So excited to continue these girl trips with them!

week 5

week five was a busy one.

auntie lauren came to visit from the east coast which never happens! We spent a lot of time catching up on the latest TV shows and showing her the best fast food has to offer. she also got to witness some new mom meltdowns. those are all too common...

my dad and step mom Nicole also came for the weekend and we were able to take another day trip to SF to show lauren the wharf. I miss them all terribly. I hate how empty the house feels now that I'm all alone. Jake went on his first trip for work and after panicking for days beforehand, I'm trying to make the most of it.

Graham and I will be doing some serious bonding this week. He is still colicky in the evenings but I'm learning how to handle it. Thanks so much for your tips and advice, keep them coming! He is finally fitting into his 0-3 month clothing and growing some cute little rolls. He loves bath time, but hates getting out. He's giving me the occasional 4-5 hours periods of sleep at night, thank heavens. His head is getting huge and strong and he likes to roll from side to side. I love him terribly :)

Here's to a new week of Christmas crafting, book reading, and baby snuggling!

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What a great week! Went by far too fast.
We were lucky enough to have our besties visit from SoCal.
Pregnancy is keeping me sleepless and massive, which is fine,
because it means he's growing and coming soon!
Can't believe I'm almost full term.

1. Primary Program, that's right, we're the new 4A CTR teachers. Again.
2. My birthday surprise day in Sacramento started with baked goods. Pumpkin muffins and caramel apple donuts to be specific. Oh it was good.
3. After my prenatal massage Jake took me to a fancy Italian restaurant in Roseville, Margarita pizza is one of my top five favorite foods. Next to donuts.
4. The fancy Italian restaurant gave me a free dessert.
5-8. The next day we took Maizey and a picnic to SF for a free concert at Golden Gate Park. Parking was horrific and we missed the first two groups because of it, but we ended up having a good time and The Goo Goo Dolls and OneRepublic were aweeeesome. Of course.
9-12. The Domans are in town and I talked them into going to the Jelly Belly Factory.
13. Making chowder for the sad USU vs BYU game... poor chuckie.
14. Went to SF with the besties and decided to get some crazy donuts for breakfast.
15. Lunch at Boudin. I want to kiss whomever invented bread bowls.
16. Conference Breakfast this morning was Baked Pumpkin French Toast with Caramel syrup. Sooo good.

Anybody notice I take way too many pictures of food? #pregnantproblems

A San Fran Fourth

After only being in Cali a night we decided it'd be worth one more hour of driving to spend the fourth of July in San Francisco. It was a lovely day, really breezy and cool. We checked into our European sized hotel and walked all the way down Fishermen's Warf. We browsed around Chinatown, ate some French pastries, and felt the fresh sea breeze on our faces. San Fran is quite the melting pot, there was never a dull moment and of course the pier was jam packed.

We finally made it down to Ghirardelli Square to watch the fireworks right on the beach. They were really close and baby Kearns loved all of the booming. He was banging on all cylinders. Afterwards prego and GI Joe pushed through the thousands of people to make it back to our room. I swear thats what the end of the world will look like. I've never seen so many people flooding the streets. We love having such a crazy cool city so close to us. Can't wait to take family back for some delicious chowder and sightseeing!

Come see us soon...

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It's been quite sometime since I've blogged. Mostly because this has been the most insane week of my lifeeeeee! Ugh, moving across the country can be exhausting. First there was the twenty-six hour drive in the twenty-six foot truck. That was crazy. Then we finally got here and things got real nuts. Like, we might kill each other if we have to spend one more night in a hotel nuts. So needless to say we have been in full blown house hunting mode.

Moving can be stressful enough, but moving while pregnant... it's exhausting! So by day four of "Operation: Home in Vacaville" my body and mind had been pushed way past my limit. Around four o'clock we sat in the Target parking lot with massive headaches and randomly found a listing that changed everything! I'm very excited to say we'll be moving into a house today. In case you're wondering, we decided to rent. With the market the way it is and the possibility of us only being here a couple of years, we thought I'd be best. We found a cute little cottage in Vacaville (right by all the shopping) that will fit our little family perfectly. The master is huge and it includes three walk in closets, a secret door into the nursery, and a bathtub so naturally I said, when can we move in? I'll put up pictures later this week:)

1-2. Packing up in Enid and ready to go!

3. Waking up to breakfast Texas style. 

4. Truck boredom. 

5. Teddy bear welcomed us in Vegas.

6. Oli and I shared some late night oreos. 

7. A classy gas station pregnancy picture towards the end of our trip. 

8. Our first stop at Travis AFB was the exchange, in which we bought 

the largest computer ever. why....

9. Our second stop, In-and-Out for lunch. Have you tried their neapolitan shake? Mmm

10. Walking in China town

11. Our favorite kind of treats. Pastry heaven. 

12. Big belly and big peaches on the bay. 

13. Made it to the warf! 

14. Fireworks in Ghiradelli Square!